This holiday season instead of presents, the Michigan court system is handing out jail time. The below court sentences are the result of a corruption probe into the United Auto Workers (UAW) and their relationship with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA). The investigation revealed a scandal that went all the way to the top.
Here’s a list of people who can expect to get coal in their stocking this year:
In Michigan, Virdell King, a former senior official in the Chrysler Department of the UAW and former assistant director for the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center (NTC), was sentenced to two months in prison and 12 months of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay a $5,500 fine and a $100 special assessment. King plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the Labor Management Relations Act stemming from her receipt of over $40,000 in prohibited payments and things of value from Alphons Iacobelli, former Vice President of FCA, and others acting in the interest of FCA. Additional purchases included luggage, electronics, clothing, and other golf equipment for the personal benefit of King and other UAW officials. The payments were made using the bank account and credit card account of the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center (NTC), which was established to provide for the education, training, and retraining of Chrysler workers.
In Michigan, Jerome Durden, former financial analyst in the Corporate Accounting Department of FCA and former Controller of the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center (NTC), both located in Detroit, Mich., was sentenced to 15 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $8,811 for the tax charge and a $125 special assessment. Durden plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States by preparing and filing tax returns for the NTC between 2009 and 2015 that falsely concealed millions of dollars in prohibited payments directed to former UAW Vice President General Holiefield (now deceased), former FCA Vice President Alphons Iacobelli, and others. Durden also plead guilty to one count of failure to file an income tax return for 2013.
In Michigan, Michael Brown, a former management employee at FCA and former Co-Director of the United Auto Workers (UAW) – Chrysler National Training Center (NTC), was sentenced to 12 months in prison and 12 months of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and a $100 special assessment. Brown plead guilty to one count of misprision of a felony for his knowledge of a conspiracy between FCA executives acting in the interest and on behalf of FCA and UAW officials to provide prohibited payments and things of value to UAW officials and concealing such knowledge by deliberately providing misleading and incomplete testimony in the federal grand jury about the conspiracy.
In Michigan, Keith Mickens, former senior official in the Chrysler Department of the UAW, was sentenced to 12 months in prison and 12 months of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine and a $100 special assessment. Mickens pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to violate the Labor Management Relations Act (LMRA), for receiving over $7,700 in prohibited payments and things of value from Alphons Iacobelli, former Vice President of Fiat Chrysler Automobile , and others acting in the interest of FCA, and in obtaining a check in the amount of $13,500 payable to Monica Morgan Photography and used by the late-UAW Vice President General Holiefield and his spouse, Monica Morgan, to pay the remaining balance due on the installation of a swimming pool at their residence. Additional purchases included luggage, electronics, clothing, and other golf equipment for the personal benefit of Mickens and other UAW officials. The payments were made using the bank account and credit card account of the UAW-Chrysler National Training Center (NTC), which was established to provide for the education, training, and retraining of Chrysler workers.
